Former India allrounder Ravi Shastri recently did the ‘ask me anything‘ session with the hashtag #AskRavi on his Twitter handle on Friday evening because he was apparently in a good mood that day. Needless to say that his Twitter was bombarded with questions from his fans, that ranged from good meaningful questions to hilarious silly ones.
Shastri, retired the post of a coach of Indian National Cricket Team and started as the Commissioner of the Legends League Cricket. In 2021 Ravi Shastri’s character was portrayed by actor Dhairya Karwa in the Indian film 83, which is based on India’s World Cup win.
Just when the former Indian men’s team head coach was drowning in a sea of queries, the post that caught Shastri’s attention was a sketch of him drawn by a fan who declared that he has spent two hours creating the masterpiece.
The fan claimed that he has spent two hours in drawing the sketch and requested him to reply. The fan wrote:
‘Sir 2 ghante lagake apka ye sketch banaya hai…pls reply’
Sir 2 ghante lagake apka ye sketch banaya hai…pls reply🤌🏻 #AskRavi pic.twitter.com/9CZ7DOxMgv
— Manan Batra (@bhayankarbatra) May 20, 2022
To which Shastri responded,
‘Please mita de yaar’
which translates to ‘Please delete this friend’.
Please mita de yaar 😭😭
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) May 20, 2022
Shastri’s reply went viral with over 5,000 likes and nearly 900 retweets and gained traction very quickly within an hour.
One user said, “Sir my mom is a big fan of yours!”. Shastri replied, “Tell your mom I said hi ;)”.
Take a look at some of his replies:
Jiski bhi party mei zada mazze hai
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) May 20, 2022
Mujhe kya mein toh chill hun 🍻
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) May 20, 2022
Look at Twitterati’s reaction to Shastri’s response:
Sir maine bhi aapka sketch banaya tha mita diya. #AskRavi pic.twitter.com/VwDRtNVCM7
— Mohit (@Mohit_Bucholi) May 20, 2022
— 𝐍𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚🦋 (@Its__nisha) May 20, 2022
Isse achhi to yahi pic thi pic.twitter.com/WDwUMagWuB
— Naveen gurjar ⚡💞 (@tag_mat_kar) May 20, 2022
Recently, Shastri revealed that he used to argue with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the senior pacer with the Indian team during his time over the fast bowler’s fitness.
Shastri told ESPNCricinfo,
“Every time I meet Bhuvi (Bhuvneshwar Kumar), I have an argument with him. I say, if he can only focus and work harder on his fitness… his experience and ability in all formats of the game is remarkable. Every time we toured England or New Zealand, the guy was unfit,”
He also added,
“I said, ‘you lost yourself 50 red ball wickets in the last couple of years’. If he stays fit, he is an automatic choice in the Indian team, forget Sunrisers.”
